Trends come and go, and lately it might seem like the Harry Potter phenomenon has been usurped by the latest craze: The Twilight Saga.  And yet, if you look at the numbers, it doesn’t add up: Harry still wins.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon opened this past December to a record-breaking $143 million opening in North America.  But fifteen weeks later, it has managed to climb to $296 million — a few notches less than Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’s $302 million total.  By the time New Moon finally leaves theaters when the DVD and Blu-Ray come out on March 20th, it will have reached around $297-298 million.

Now naturally, Twilight should be applauded for capturing the hearts and imaginations of women around the world, and a gross just shy of $300 million is a wild success by any measure.

But the aging Harry Potter franchise still managed to beat it.  (Worldwide grosses are even more pronounced: Harry Potter made $934 million versus New Moon’s $706 million.)  Now we’ll just have to see how The Twilight Saga: Eclipse performs versus Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Part I in this coming year.